"Douglas Rights, eminent Indian scholar, stated, "A remnant of Indians remains in Person County, once a part of Granville. Investigation has shown that they are a branch of, or have mixed with, the Indians of Robeson County. There is a possibility that a few Saponi remained here." (The American Indian Studies at Samford University page 15), and Chief of the remaining Cherokee in Alabama, tells of his ancestor who back migrated from Cherokee Territory to Person County, North Carolina; "There, in Person County, he discovered an Indian Community whose close ties with their neighbors had precluded any threat of removal. For the first time since the deaths of his aunt and sister, he encountered people among whom he felt he belonged, and when, late in 1851 he married a Powhatan girl named Harriet, he was determined to remain in Person County and begin a family of his own." Dr. Martin's statement can be found on page 7 of the Person County Heritage book.

“H. L. Martin, of Person Co wrote in heritage of Person County that he was a descendant of Green Martin, Sa-mi-u-sdi, as he was called before he took the name “Green” from Baptist missionary Green Rogers, was reportedly a full-blooded Cherokee who had drifted into Person County after his family had been forced to move with other Cherokees to land west of the Mississippi. Green had stayed behind to take his sick sister to his father’s people in VA, but in 1850 Green discovered an Indian community in Person Co where he settled and later married an Indian woman. His wife, Nancy, was the daughter of Colonel William Epps and Nancy Stuart, the largest landowners in the community. Epps was Cherokee and his wife was from the old Powhatan Confederacy located near Jamestown, Va. Green Martin and Harriet had seven children whose descendants make up a large portion of the Indian population in present day Person Co.” from American Indians in North Carolina:

This is quite a fine theory, but most people are more prosaic and hold the
elungeons to be a mixed race, having Indian, Negro, and Caucasian blood in
heir veins. This the word “Melungeon” itself would indicate and the Bureau of
thnology at Washington classifies them as a branch or offshoot of the Croatan
ndians of North Carolina, who are a people of obscure and mixed descent in
hose veins Indian blood predominates. It is evident from the belief existing
mong the Melungeons and from more recent emigrants that they came to Tennessee
argely from North and not South Carolina. Old Beatty Collins, a veteran of the
ivil War and one of the most intelligent and respected of his tribe, says that
is grandfather came to the Blackwater valley from North Carolina more than 100
ears ago with the first settlers and took up a large tract of land there. Also
man named Stuart, *said to be a Melungeon**, has recently moved to Hawkins
ounty, Tennessee, from North Carolina, and others are said to still reside in
hat State." [ Paul Converse - 1912 -- http://www.historical-melungeons.com/converse.html

This Stuart/Stewart family is the Thomas and Elizabeth Stewart family from
erson County, North Carolina. They are on census records in that county and
hen in Hawkins Co., Tenn.
>From the Jaynes Cemetery at Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tenn.

dditional Notes: There were a couple of grave stones that have been broken in
alf and we were not able to locate the missing pieces. One in particular, a
tone located next to Eliza R. Stuart, to the left of her. Which could have been
er husband. This STEWART/ STUART/ STUARD family changed their name from STUART
o STEWART. These Stewarts, Shepherds and Talley's are from the Person County
ndians Tribe of North Carolina.
ttp://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/cemetery/tennessee/cemeteries/jaynescemetery.htm

oanne

his Stuart/Stewart family is the Thomas and Elizabeth Stewart family from
erson County, North Carolina. They are on census records in that county and
hen in Hawkins Co., Tenn.
>From the Jaynes Cemetery at Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tenn.

dditional Notes: There were a couple of grave stones that have been broken in
alf and we were not able to locate the missing pieces. One in particular, a
tone located next to Eliza R. Stuart, to the left of her. Which could have been
er husband. This STEWART/ STUART/ STUARD family changed their name from STUART
o STEWART. These Stewarts, Shepherds and Talley's are from the Person County
ndians Tribe of North Carolina.
ttp://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/cemetery/tennessee/cemeteries/jaynescemetery.htm

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